What I am learning is that joy is so much more.....
I also find it interesting that the only time I ponder what joy really is, is when I feel it missing in my life....those days when I start crying for no reason during a bedtime story....the times when whispers of the past are heard and the memory breaks my heart in two...leaving me in despair and searching for a way out.....
When my heart cries out for more joy....that is when I ask...what is JOY and where does it come from?
Maybe it's this time of year....when the days are short and the sun is behind the clouds. The season of Christmas is over and now joy has to be fought for each day. To obtain it means we need to want it...need it....desire to have that calm delight in the moment....that is JOY.
"Joy is the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright. It's also the determined choice to praise God in every situation. Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life." from Kay Warren's book "Choose Joy"
Today I choose joy because without it, my life is empty. It lacks that glimmer of something beautiful which makes my days different...better....lighter.
"These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full." John 15:11
"But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you" Psalm 5:11
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore" Psalm 16:11
"Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!" Nehemiah 8:10
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